Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Domestic Abuse recorded by the police in Scotland, 2007-08

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Table 2: Incidents of domestic abuse recorded by the police, by police force area per 100,000 population 1 and type of crime/offence, Scotland, 2007-08

Rate per 100,000 population

Central

Dumfries & Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian & Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

SCOTLAND

Total incidents 2

1,133

812

1,089

636

973

403

1,089

931

965

Total crimes and offences

370

548

493

451

347

278

503

927

483

(Of which reported to the procurator fiscal)

309

264

392

279

262

263

324

290

304

Non-sexual crimes of violence

12

3

5

7

17

8

13

11

12

Homicide

-

-

*

*

-

-

*

*

*

Serious assault

9

3

3

2

6

7

9

7

7

Other

2

-

2

5

11

1

3

4

5

Crimes of indecency

3

1

2

2

2

*

3

2

2

Sexual assault

3

1

2

2

2

-

3

2

2

Lewd & libidinous practices

*

-

-

*

*

*

-

-

*

Other

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

-

*

Crimes of dishonesty

9

-

11

8

5

-

11

18

9

Fire-raising, vandalism, etc.

36

17

59

26

23

7

39

36

33

Fire-raising

1

-

1

-

*

-

1

-

*

Vandalism, etc.

35

17

57

26

23

7

38

36

33

Other crimes

66

16

83

44

51

3

59

33

52

Crimes against public justice

65

16

81

41

46

3

58

32

50

Handling an offensive weapon

-

-

2

2

2

*

2

1

2

Drugs

1

-

-

1

2

-

-

-

1

Other

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

*

Miscellaneous offences

243

512

334

363

249

260

378

827

374

Minor assault

161

233

229

233

192

140

225

249

214

Breach of the peace

72

268

105

117

55

120

144

535

150

Drunkenness

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other

11

11

-

14

2

-

9

44

10

Motor vehicle offences

*

-

-

-

1

-

1

-

1

Behaviour not leading to recording a crime or offence

763

264

596

186

626

125

586

4

483

1 Estimated population as at mid 2007 ( GROS).
2 Different police forces record domestic abuse information in differing ways. Police practice in deciding when a behaviour justifies the recording of a crime or offence may also differ. These differences influence the proportion of incidents which lead to the recording of a crime or offence, as well as the proportion of crimes and offences reported to the procurator fiscal.

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